Shao Qiwei, director of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), says that China is developing the largest domestic travel market in the world.

According to Shao, the Asia-Pacific region has become the world's most active travel market and China is seeing the most active domestic tourism business. 

In 2005, the total domestic traveler number in China reached 1.2 billion, an increase of 10% over the previous year.

Meanwhile, China is also the largest outbound travel country in Asia with a record of 31 million outbound travelers in 2005.

The World Travel Organization predicts that by 2020, China will become the biggest travel reception country and fourth largest outbound travel country in the world.